French destroyer Pique
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 Pique | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Pique |
| Namesake | Pike |
| Ordered | 27 October 1897 |
| Builder | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, Le Havre-Graville |
| Laid down | October 1897 |
| Launched | 31 March 1900 |
| Commissioned | May 1901 |
| Stricken | 28 January 1921 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 28 July 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Framée-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 319 t (314 long tons) |
| Length | 58.2 m (190 ft 11 in) o/a |
| Beam | 6.31 m (20 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 3.02 m (9 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Range | 1,541 nmi (2,854 km; 1,773 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 4 officers, 57 enlisted men |
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Pique was one of four Framée-class destroyers built for the French Navy around the beginning of the 20th century. During the First World War, the ship saw service in the Mediterranean Sea and survived the war to be stricken from the naval register on 28 January 1921.
The Framées used the same hull design as the preceding Durandal class, but had a more powerful propulsion plant. The ships had an overall length of 58.2 meters (190 ft 11 in), a beam of 6.31 meters (20 ft 8 in), and a maximum draft of 3.02 meters (9 ft 11 in). They displaced 319 metric tons (314 long tons) at normal load. They were powered by a pair of triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by four Normand boilers. The engines were designed to produce a total of 5,200 indicated horsepower (3,878 kW) to give the ships a speed of 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph). During her sea trials on 1 February 1901, Pique only reached 25.9 knots (48.0 km/h; 29.8 mph) from 5,441 ihp (4,057 kW), the only ship of her class that failed to reach her designed speed. The ships carried enough coal to give them a range of 1,541 nautical miles (2,854 km; 1,773 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph). Their complement consisted of 4 officers and 57 enlisted men.[1]
The Framée-class ships were armed with a single 65-millimeter (2.6 in) gun forward of the bridge and six 47-millimeter (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns, three on each broadside. They were fitted with two single rotating 381-millimeter (15 in) torpedo tubes, one between the funnels and the other on the stern.[2]